Mining Incidents

Ferguson 1-A: 12 reportable incidents Coal

Island Creek Coal Company · Underground
Tioga, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607801

MSHA record for Ferguson 1-A (mine ID 4607801). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1990–1992
Latest incident
Mar 1992
Ownership history
  1. Island Creek Coal Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Ferguson 1-A sits in Nicholas County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Nicholas County, West Virginia · Population 24,446
6.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,280
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

1992 · 4 incidents

March 18, 1992 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Island Creek Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

95149ED STEPPED DOWN FROM END LOADER ONTO GROUND CAUSING PAIN IN LEFT ANKLE.

January 28, 1992 WV · Coal electrician, lineman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Island Creek Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEARING LOSS.

January 13, 1992 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Island Creek Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS PUTTING HAND MOTOR ON MINER & 3 DAYS LATER HE SAID HE HAD PAIN IN HIS SIDE HE SAID HE WAS INJURED 01-13-92 CEASED WORK ON 02-17-92

January 8, 1992 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator MACHINERY
Island Creek Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE EE WAS OPERATING THE ROOF BOLTER, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF CRUSHING HIS FINGER AGAINST THE DRILL HEAD.

1991 · 7 incidents

November 23, 1991 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Island Creek Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL 2 TO 4 FT THICK X 16 FT W X 30 FT L IN 5 ENTRY FACE NEAR SPAD 632. AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 4 FT RESIN GROUTED BOLTS.

April 18, 1991 WV · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Island Creek Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MOTOR BEING LIFTED BY BOOM TRUCK IT DROPPED SLID DOWN PINNING HIM AGAINST A GUARD

1990 · 1 incident

June 14, 1990 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Island Creek Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL PUTTING LID ON TRAY OF BATTERIES,LID SLIPPED AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN LID AND BATTERY CASE.